2-Pager Abstract Template for NBDC Contributions to South Africa Forum

Name of the person filling in this abstract:

Name(s) of the people who will organize this contribution:

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1. Authors

Provide names and contact of lead author. Please indicate if another person will present the work. While a few authors may lead this initiative, this is a project team effort.
Authors names:
Project Number:
E-mail address of lead author:

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2. Forum session

Which session this 2-pager is contributing to (delete whatever does NOT apply)
1. Basin message session (2 or more basins together)

2. Core TWG (Resilience, Global Drivers, Learning to Innovate):

3. Emerging TWG: Research-to-Policy, Benefit Sharing Mechanisms, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Rain Water Management:

4. Basin story – at the beginning of each day we will highlight basin stories these should be persuasive inspiring stories of change

5. Share Fair Lunch – (contribution to the Exhibition / market place area, see http://www.waterandfood.org/ifwf3/?q=shairfair)

6. Something else

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3. Title

Provide a working title

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4. Key message/highlights

What key message do you want to share in this session (why is your contribution relevant and special?)
Key message (1-2 sentences):



Short abstract (150 words) including:

• A brief description of your study and preliminary findings
• A focus on what makes this piece of work new/innovative and exciting
• What are the lessons (could be of failure)?
• What is particularly relevant to the other basins or topics?

Add a visual representation (i.e. graph, chart or figure to highlight emerging results)




Your preliminary highlights for the Forum capitalizing sessions

• Your message at local, regional and/or global level
• If relevant your message for Africa
• Your key target audience (researchers, practitioners, decision-makers)